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DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING -WAGONS.

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A. M. WOOLFOLK.

DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING WAGONS. No. 822,881. Patented July A21. 1885.

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A. M. WOOLFOLK.

DEVICE PoR LQADING AND UNLOADING. WAGONS. No. 322,881.

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PATENT HELENA, MONTANA TERRITORY.

DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,881, daten July 21, 1885.

Application filed March 2. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. WOOL- FOLK, of Helena, in the Territory of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improveprovements in Devices for Loading and Unloading VagOns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specication.

This invention relates to devices for loading and unloading` wagons.

Its object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

A loading device embodying my invention consists, essentially, of a wheel, which is pivotally connected with a wagon body or frame, so as to rest upon the ground, and which preferably forms one of-the supporting-wheels of the wagon, said wheel being provided about its periphery with a series of receptacles or buckets arranged in such manner that each bucket, when brought near the ground or at the bottom of the wheel by the turning of the latter, will be in position to receive and hold material which may be placed within it, and when brought to the top of the wheel in the forward movement of the wagon will discharge into the wagon-body the material contained therein, the said wheel being preferably used in connection with a plow, scraper, or other similar device adapted to lift or scrape up from the ground and throw laterally into the receptacles orbuckets t-he material to be loaded.

Any ordinary plow or scraper may obviously be used for the purpose last mentioned, and inasmuch as such plow or scraper may be detached and drawn separately from the wagon itself, and as the said buckets or receptacles by such plow or scraper,without affecting the operation of the device so far as the lifting of material from the ground and depositing it in the wagon is concerned, a wheel provided with receptacles or buckets constructed to operate as above set forth is herein claimed without restriction to its combination with a plow or scraper. As advantageous results are, however, obtained by the use of a plow or scraper supported therefrom in proper position to deliver material tothe said receptacles or buckets, the said wheel is therefore also claimed herein in connection with such plow or scraper.

The invention also embraces features of construction in the wheel and in means for connecting aplow with the frame of a wagon,and also improved means for dumping material from a wagon, as will hereinafter appear. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3vis a detail elevation of thelifting-wheel of the wagon. Fig. et is a transverse vertical section of the wagon, taken upon line x x of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a part of the rim of the lifting-wheel and one ofthe receptacles or buckets thereon. Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary elevation of a part of the rim of the wheel viewed from the interior of the latter, one of the brackets being shown in section. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of a wheel generally similar to that shown in the previously-mentioned figures, showing the receptacles or buckets as arranged to discharge at the saine side of the wheel as that at which they are filled. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of one ofthe buckets shown in Fig. 7.

In the said drawings, A is the wagon-body, B B are rear supporting-wheels, and D D forward supporting-wheels therefor.

As herein shown, the rear supporting-wheel, B, at one side of the wagon is provided with receptacles or buckets C, for containing material to be lifted and deposited in the wagonbody, and a plow, E, is supported from the wagon-frame at one side of the said wheel with its mold-board toward the wheel, and in such position that-the earth raised and turned over by the plow will be delivered into the said buckets. f

As far as is concerned the general operation of the wheel B and buckets Gin lifting from the ground and depositing in the wagonbody material placed in said buckets, the parts mentioned may be made in any manner found desirable and convenient; but in the device herein shown as one practical way of carrying out myinvention the parts mentioned are made as follows:

The wheel B is preferably made of metal, and is provided with a relatively thin and broad tire or rim, B2, having at its edge adjaconnected and moving with the wagon, and

cent to the plow, or at the side of the wheel at which the material is delivered, an outwardl y-inclined, converging, or conical flange, B, and at its opposite edge an inwardly-extending flange, B". Both of said flanges are for the purpose of strengthening and making rigid the wheel-rim and for holding and delivering to the buckets O the material deposited upon the said riin, and the inclined or conical'flange B3 also for the purpose of facilitating the delivery to the buckets ofthe material cast upon it, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

As a desirable way of making the rim B2 of the wheel with the flanges B3 and Bt, as described, the said rim is preferably `formed by three separate annular parts or rings, b, b', and b2, ot' thin or sheet metal, preferably steel,

the part Z) having upon it the flange B3, the

part b being of L shape in cross-section and having upon it the flange B4, and the part ZiZ being of the full width of the tread of the wheel and constituting an outer band or tire, which is placed around the inner portions of the rings b b, which latter are preferably made to abut at their inner and adjacent edges, so that the main portion or body of the rim consists of two layers or thicknesses of metal and the flanges B:s and B of one thickness only. The rim B2 is supported from a centralv hub, B5, by metal spokes, of which there are three sets, b b b, which,.as shown, are connected with the hub by being inserted in sockets or recesses in the latter, and are attached to the rim in a manner hereinafter described.

The wide wheel-rim B2 preferably constitutes the outer walls of the several buckets C, which are preferably made of metal, and attached to or formed upon the said rim. In the particular construction of the parts herein shown, said buckets are made as follows: The buckets consist,.generally, of side walls, C and C2, a back wall, C, said walls being attached at their outer edges to the inner surface of the rim B", and an inner wall, C", uniting the edges ofthe walls C', C2, and C3, and forming the side ofthe bucket adjacent to the center of the wheel. The said several walls of the wheelrim B2 form a bucket openy at its side,which is toward the rear of the wagon when the bucket is at the lower part of the wheel or adjacent to the ground, so that as the bucket rises in its backward movement relatively to the wheelaxle the open side or mouth of the bucket will come uppermost. The buckets are located at short distances apart upon the wheelrim,and in the operation of 4the device all material thrown upon the said rim between the buckets and upon the conical flange B3 will, when the rim assumes an inclined position in the rotation of the wheel, slide downwardly andv into the said buckets. The sides C of the buckets, which are adjacent to the conical flange B3, are preferably inclined from the mouth of the bucket inwardly from the said Vflange toward the rear wall, C, of said buckets, as shown, and the said walls 0" of the lbuckets are made narrower than the front or open sides of the said buckets, so that triangular spaces are left at the sides of the bucket within the said conical llange to receive the material which is thrown over the flange opposite the buckets, said material in the upward movement of the buckets obviously being caused to gravitate into the bucket at the rear of the one against which it is thrown.

In order to facilitate the discharge of. the material from the buckets when the latter reach the top of the wheel, the inner walls, Gt, of said buckets are inclined from the rear or back walls, G3, inwardly toward the center of the wheel and the open sides or mouths of the buckets. The wheel also is provided 'with a series of laterally and inwardly inclined deliecting spouts or chutes, C5, herein shown as of curved form in cross-section, and

as made integral with the edges of. the inner walls, C, of the said buckets, said deflecting plates or spouts being for the purpose of directing laterally into the wagon-body the material discharged from said buckets.

In the particular form of the device herein shown, the walls G/ and G3 of the buckets are attached at their edges to the metal of the rim B2 by means of angle-irons C, secured to the metal of the rim and to the said walls C and C3 of the buckets, preferably by means of rivets. The said wall C2 of the bucket is conveniently riveted to the iiange B" of the rim.

vTwo of the spokes are preferably crossed, as

shown, in order to brace the wheel laterally, and the buckets and the chutes C5 are additionally supported by means of straps or clips embracing the spokes and riveted or bolted to the Walls of said buckets and to the spouts, as shown.

As a preferable means of connecting the outer ends of the several spokes with the rim, the angle-irons C are made of cast or malleable metal and are provided with lugs or projections c c c2, located exterior to the walls of the buckets and provided with sockets or recesses for the spokes. The said lugs are preferably arranged one at each end of the angle iron C6 and the third at the apex of the angle IOO or bend in said angle-iron, so that the outer p ends of the several spokes b3 b* b5 are located adjacent to and outside of the walls of the buckets at three corners of the latter, as shown more clearly in Fig. G. By this construction a simple and economical means is obtained for securing the spokes in place, and the latter are at the same time disposed in a manner calculated to support equally all parts of the rim without interfering with the walls of the buckets or with the entrance of material to and its exit from the latter.

The purpose of the flange B of the wheelrim is to retain upon the rim the material thrown upon it over the 'flange B3 and to contine the said material so as to cause its proper delivery to the buckets.

As a convenient means of securing the spokes in the sockets of the hub and of the angle-irons G5, I preferably provide the adjacent faces of the spokes and sockets with reticular manner above set forth as affording a desirable way of constructing the latter, the said parts of the rim may be secured together by the same rivets that are used to secure the angle-irons C to the rim. Vhen, also, the said angle-irons are provided with sockets for the attachment of the spokes, said angle-irons may be desirably provided at their sides adjacent to the lugs c, c', and 02 with lugs c3,

through which rivets are inserted for the purpose of more securely and rigidly holding the angle-irons in place.

In order to facilitate lateral movement into the buckets of the material'delivered uponthe rim B2 of the wheel, anges or ribs CT are preferablylocated upon the innersurface oftherim, between each pair of buckets, said `flanges being located at the side of the rim adjacent to the conical flange B3 and inclined inwardly toward the open sides of the buckets and terminating opposite the middle of the latter, so that in the downward sliding movement toward the buckets of the material upon the inner surface of the rim said material will be deflected or carried inwardly and evenly disposed in said buckets, instead of accumulating at one side of the latter, as is apt to be the ease in the absence of said iiange or rib. The said ribs C are as herein shown, made of angle-iron and riveted to the metal of the rim, and are preferably extended at their outer ends over the surface of the flange B3, as shown, in order that the material thrown upon said flange B3 may be deflected inwardly by the outer end portions of said ribs for the purpose above stated. The angle-irons C, uniting the bucket-walls with the wheel-rim, are also perfectly extended outwardly over the conical flange B" beyond the edges of. thebuckcts, so as to similarly deflect or guide inwardly to said buckets the material deposited upon the flange.

The wagon-body may be arranged in any suitable way in connect-ion with the wheel B, constructed as above described, in order that the material delivered from the buckets of said wheel may properly enter the said body. As herein shown, the said wheel B and the supporting-wheel B are mounted upon the opposite ends of an axle-tree, A', extending across the wagon-body, and secured in longitudinal frame-pieces A2 thereof. The side wall of the wagon-body adjacent to the said wheel B is preferably located close to the latter, and is provided with a detlecting plate or shield, A3, (shown in Figs. l, 2, 4, and 7, and in d otted linesin Fig. 3,) which is inclined upwardly and outwardly, and the upper edge of which is extended beneath the lower edges of theinclined chutes C5 upon the buckets, so that the material which passes from the buckets when the latter are inverted upon reaching the top of the wheel will fall upon the said shield and will be deliected thereby into the wagon-body.

As a desirable way of supporting the plow E in adesired position with relation to the wheel B, and of making the necessary draftconnections between the plow and the wagonframe, means are herein provided as follows: The plow E is provided with the usual beam E, and with upwardly-extending pieces or arms El at its rear end corresponding in position with the handles customarily employed.

The said plow is connected at the forward end of the beam E and at the upper ends of the arms El with a longitudinally-arranged and forwardly and downwardly inclined frame,F, which is located outside of the wheel B above the plow, and is supported at its rear end by a cross-piece. G, forming a part of the frame of the wagon, and at its forward lower endby a chain, H, adjustably connected at its upper end with the wagon-body. The frame F is pivotally connected with the cross-piece G, and the chain H is connected with the wagon by means adapted to permit the front end of the said frame to be adjusted vertically, Ithe adjusting device herein shown consisting of a pivoted hand-lever, H', connected at its lower end by means of a rock-shaft, H3, with a horizontally-arranged arm, H, to the free end of which the upper end of the chain H is attached, said lever H being provided with a spring-detent engaging a notched segment, H4, upon the wagon-body, whereby the lever may be held so as to support the forward end of the frame in any position desired.

The plow-beam being connected at both ends with the frame F, it is obvious that when the said frame is moved vertically the entire plow will be raised or lowered. ln order,

however, to enable the plow-point to be raisedv or lowered, as desired,when the plow is moved bodily, as above described, means are provided for adjusting the rear end of the plow vertically with reference to -the frame E, the devices herein shown as used for this purpose being constructed as follows: The frame F is provided with avertical standard,F, to which is pivoted ahorizontally-arranged hand-lever, F2, with its forward end at a point near the drivers seat, and having its rear end pivotally connected with arms El at the rear end of the plow, preferably through the medium of `a rock-shaft, F, pivoted upon the frame, and provided with an arm, F, connected with the lever F2, by means of a pivoted bar, F, and with two arms, Fconnected at their free ends with the arms E2 ofthe plow by means of pivoted connectingbars F7.

The object of the construction embracing the rock-shaft F3 and arms F4 and F5 is to afford a more rigid connection between the rear end of the plow and the frame F than would IOO exist in case the arms E2 of the plow were connected with the lever F2 without the interposition of said rock-shaft.'

Any suitable means may be used for adjustably holding the rear end of the plow when the latter is moved vertically by the means above described, that herein shown consisting of a notched segment, F8, upon the standard F, which is engaged by a spring-detent upon the lever F2.

The connecting-bars FT are desirably each provided in their lower portions with a series of bolt-apertures f, and the said bars are connected with the arms E2 of the plow by bolts f, which may be placed in either of said apertures, as desired, and the rear end of the plow thereby adj usted vertically to a greater extent than can be conveniently accomplished by the movement of the lever F2 alone.

By the construction above set forth it is obvious that by the use of the levers H and F2 the plow can be bodily raised and lowered, as desired, and that the plow may be placed at such angle or in position with its point raised or lowered relatively to the main portion thereof as may be found necessary in the operation of the device.

The frame F may be constructed in any desired or preferred manner; but, as herein shown, said frame consists of two longitudinal bars,f2f2, Figs. 2 and 4, suitably connected by cross-pieces, and pivotcd at their rear ends to lugs r/ upon the cross-piece G, the outer bar at the front end of the frame being united with the inner bar by means of a met-al crosspiece, g, as shown.

rIhe forward end of the plow-beam E may be provided with the usual clevis E3, and con.- neet-ed with the frameF by means of a link, e, engaged with a rod or bolt,f', supported atits ends in the side pieces, f 2, ofthe said frame.

The bolt e', 'connecting the link e with the clevis, may obviously be shifted into one or another ofthe apertures of the latter, and the front end of the plow-beam thereby adjusted vertically with reference to the frame.

The plow E is located at such distance from the wheel, as may be readily determi-ned by experiment, that the earth lifted by the share and turned over by the mold-board will fall upon the wheel-rim and will be thereby carried into the buckets, as above set forth.

The presence upon the wheel-rim of the conical flange B3 is of great advantage in connection with the operation of the plow, inasmuch as it affords a continuous or annular surface or receptacle upon or in which the earth may fall in passing from the mold-board. Said ange will, in practice,preferably be polished upon its inner surface, so that the material deposited thereon will have no tendency to adhere to its surface and will readily slide inwardly upon the rim as the wheel revolves.

' The plow, instead of being located at the outer side of the wheel, may be placed at the inner side thereof and beneath the wagon, this construction being shown in Fig. 7. In

this case the conical fla-nge B3 will be located upon the same side of the wheel as that from' which the material is discharged 5 but the operation of the said flange and the buckets will obviously in this construction of the device be the same as before set forth.

The form of the buckets and the adjacent parts of the wheel when the construction last mentioned is used is shown in Fig. 8. The bucket shown in Fig. 8 does not differ from those shown in the other figures, except that the inclinationv is reversed of the transverselyarranged spout G5 for conveying the material laterally into the wagonbody as it is discharged from the buckets. The location of the plow at the outer side of the wheel, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4, is obviously much to be preferred, for the reason that in this eonstruction the wagon is located on the furrow-v side of the plow, so that the supporting-wheels thereof rest and travel upon a surface from which material has been removed, and for the reason also that the rim of the wheel B, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, is thereby brought below the natural surface of the ground at the landside of the plow, and consequently in a position most favorable for receiving the material lifted by the said plow.

Instead of the plow herein shown, which is obviously adapted more particularly for use in cases in which it is desired to remove soil in excavating, a scraper adapted to take up and throw laterally upon the wheel-rim the material to be loaded, may obviously be used as, for instance, in loading loose earth or sand or objects-such as loose stones-scattered upon the surface of the ground.

In order to provide means for distributing in the wagon-body the material delivered at one side of it by the loading device as above set' forth, devices are herein shown which are constructed as follows: Hinged at its upper edge to the inner surface of the side of the wagon-body beneath the deflectingplate A'2 is a leaf or board, M, adapted to oscillate freely about its pivotal axis and constructed to normally hang in a vertical position' and ilat against the said side of the wagon-body. To the lower or free edge of said leaf or board M is attached a rope,cord, or chain, M, which is trained over 'suitable guide-pulleys, m m, at the side of the wagon-body opposite to that upon which the said board is hung and is passed partially around and connected with a freelyrotatable pulley or drum, M2, mounted upon the outer vertical surface of the wagon-body adjacent to the supporting-wheel B', as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The said drum is provided with a radially-extending arm or projection, m2, located in position to be encountered by one or more stops or projections, m3, upon the wheel B', the parts being arranged in such manner that when the said stops m3 encounter the arm m2 the drum will be rotated and the rope or cord M thereby wound thereon so as to draw the lower edge of the board M toward vthe middle of the wagon-body. The said IOO IIO

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board will thus, in the forward movement of the wagon, be successively thrown upwardly and given an oscillatory movement calculated to throw toward the middle ofthe wagon-body and to distribute evenly therein the material falling upon said board from the buckets C.

A' wagon constructed generally as above described obviously cannot be readily constructed so that it may be tilted for the purpose of discharging the material therefrom; and in order to provide a simple and easilyoperated device for this purpose means are herein provided as follows: The bottom of the wagon-body is formed by two broad parts or boards, N N, which are hinged at their outer edges to the lower edges ofthe sides of the body, and are preferably arranged to stand, when closed, in an inwardly and downwardlyinclined position and to meet at their free edges at the middle line ofthe body. This inclined position of the part-s N N is not essential, inasmuch as the device may be operated in the same manner when the said parts are made somewhat narrower, so that they may close to form a horizontal bottom to the body; but the construction shown is preferred, inasmuch as it gives a greater capacity in the body and enables the said parts to be opened with a less angular movement than would otherwise be necessary. The hinged parts N N are held in their closed position by means of chains O, connected with the said parts N N near the inner or free edges of the latter, and attached at their upper ends to ahorizontal bar,P,which is arranged longitudinally over the body and is journaled to rotate about a longitudinal axis. The said chains are connected with the bar P at points laterally distant from its axis of rotation, the parts being so arranged that when the bar is turned so as to bring the points of attachment of the chains downward the chains will be lowered and the parts N N of the bottom permitted to fall, and when turned to bring the said points of attachment upward the said parts N N will be drawn upwardly and closed.

As herein shown and preferably constructed, the bar P is made of wood and relatively wide and thin in cross-sectional form, and is pivoted to rotate about an axis lying at or near one of its edges, the means of pivotally supporting the said bar herein shown consisting of an iron bar, P', which is bolted to the edge of the wooden bar and is provided at its ends with `journals p', supported in bearings p upon the cross-piece G at the rear end of the body, and a cross-piece, A4, at the forward end thereof.

The chains O are attached by any suitable means to the bar P at its edge remote from the iron bar P.

By the construction above set forth, a bar may be obtained capable of supporting the parts of the bottom when the wagon is loaded, and which combines a minimum of size and weight with a maximum of strength, for the reasons that the strain upon the bar is tritling at times when the partsN N are open or are being moved, andk the bar is in anA inclined or horizontal position, and that when the said parts are closed and the wagon is loaded the said bar will stand with its fiat sides vertical, and will therefore be in a position to most effectually resist the weight of the load.

As a convenient means of actuating the bar P, the latter is provided with a laterally-projecting arm, P2, which may be grasped by the hand in rotating the bar. Said arm is herein shown as connected with the journal p of the bar at the forward end of the latter, and is arranged to rest horizontally upon the crosspiece A4 when the bar P is in posit-ion for holding the wagon-bottom closed.

In order to lock the bar in the position last mentioned, a lever, Q, is pivoted upon the forward part of the frame in position to rest transversely across the outer end of the arm P2 when the latter is horizontal. The pivotal point of the said lever Q is located close to the arm P2, so that the said arm may be held from movement by relatively little pressure upon the free end of the lever, and a simple hook or catch, q, is preferably used for holding the free end of the said lever from upward movement.

The parts N N, forming the bottom of the wagon, are preferably so arranged that their free ends nearly reach the ground when the said parts are allowed to fall, the chains O serving to hold the said sides from outward movement past a vertical position. By this means the material discharged from the wagon is held from spreading laterally upon the lower parts of the Wheels B and B.

The wagon may be provided with the usual tail-board; but, ashereinshown, the tail-board is absent, whereby the passage of the wagon when emptied over the pile of material deposited beneath it is greatly facilitated.

A wheel constructed generally as above set. forth may obviously be used in connection with a two-wheeled cart or with a wagon constructed otherwise than as shown; and my invention, as it relates to features of construction in the wheel, is not therefore limited to the particular construction shown in the other parts of the wagon, excepting as set forth in the appended specic claims.

I claim as my inventionl. A loading device for wagons, consisting, essentially, of a wheel having a broad flat rim and a series of buckets located upon the inner surface of the rim, each bucket of the series having its mouth toward the rear of the wagon when said bucket is at the bottom of the wheel or adj acent to the ground, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A loading device for wagons, consisting of a wheel provided about its periphery with a series of buckets having their inner walls or those nearest to the center of the wheel inclined inwardly toward the center of the wheel and toward the mouths of the buckets, whereby the material will be discharged by gravity IOO IOS

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from the said buckets when the latter are at the top of the wheel, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the Wagon-body, of a loading device comprising a wheel located at the side of the wagon-body and having about 'its periphery a series of receptacles or buckets, said wheel being provided with deflecting plates or chutes C5, inclined inwardly toward the axis of the wheel and the Wagonbody, whereby material discharged from the buckets will be carried laterally into the wagonbody, substantially as described.

4. A wagon-loading device comprising a wheel having a Wide rim provided with a series of buckets secured to the rim, said rim being provided at one edge with a conical flange located exterior to the side walls of the buckets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A Wagon-loading device comprising a wheel having a wide rim provided with a series ofbuckets, said'rini having a conical flange at one of its edges and a plow-or equivalent device located at the side of the wheel adjacent to the said conical flange for lifting and delivering material upon the rim, substantially as described.

6. A Wheel for wagon-loaders of the character herein described, the ri1n of which is fornied of two or more rings of thin or sheet metalv riveted together, one of said rings being provided at one edge of therim with a conical flange, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A wagon-loading device comprising a wheel having a wide rixn'and a series of buckets secured to the inner surface of the rim, and having a series of inclined flanges or ribs, as Cl, upon the inner surface of the rim between the buckets, constructed to carry inwardly material delivered to the outer portion of the rim, substantially as described.

8. A wheel for wagon-loaders provided with a relatively thin and wide rim with a series of buckets secured to the rim and with spokes for supportin g the said rim, having their outer ends secured in the rim and located adjacent to the walls of the buckets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. A Wheel for wagon -loaders provided with a Wide rirn, a series of buckets secured to the rirn, and spokes for supporting the rim secured in the latter at points adjacent to the walls of the buckets, the portions of said buckets remote from the rim being attached to and supported by the said spokes, substantially as described.

10. The combination, with a wheel, B, having a Wide metal riin formed of two or more thicknesses of metal, of buckets C, formed of sheet metal, and angle-irons C, for securing the side walls of the buckets to the said rim, said angle-irons being secured to the rim by rivets passing through and holding together the several thicknesses of metal composing the latter, substantially as described.

1l. The combination, in the wheel B, havand spokes for supporting the said rirn having their outer ends inserted in said sockets, substantially as described.

12. The combinatioi1,with the wheel B, having a metal rirn provided with flanges B3 and B4, sheet-niet`al buckets comprising walls C and C2, secured to the rim by means of angle-irons Ci and walls G2, riveted to the flange B, substantially as described.

13. The conibination,with the wheel B, having a wide rim, of a series of buckets, C, having walls C', C, and C3, secured to the rim, the wall C being inwardly-inclined from the edge of the rim, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

14. A wheel, for the purpose set forth, conlprising in its structure a wide rim provided with a conical flange, B, at one edge and a vertical flange, B4, at its opposite edge, anda series of buckets, C, each of which comprises a sidewall, C, located at the side of the wheel adjacent to the conical flange and inclined inwardly-from the edge ofthe rim, and side walls, C2, opposite the side walls, C, and adjacent to and in the saine plane with the flange B, a rear wall, C3, and an inner wall,C, inclined inwardly and toward the inouth of the buckets, `substantially as described.

15. VThe combination,with a wheel having a wide rim, said rim being provided with a conical flange, B3, ofa bucket, C, having a side wall, G', and an angle-iron, C, for securing the said side wall of the bucket to the rim, said angle-iron being extended at its end adjacent to the said flange B3 outwardly over the surface of the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. A wheel provided about its periphery with a series of buckets, C, and with laterallyinclined curved chutes C, connected with the inner side walls of the buckets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. y

17. A wheel provided about its periphery with a series of buckets, C, and with chutes C5, made integral with the inner side walls of the buckets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

18. A Wheel having a wide rim, B2, and spokes support-ing the rirn and provided about its periphery with' bu 3kets C, and provided also with chutes C, connected at 011e of their edges with the buckets and supported at their opposite edges by the said spokes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

19. The combination, with the wagon-bod y, of a wheel having about its periphery a series of buckets, C, and provided with chutes C5 inclined inwardly toward the wheel-axis and wagon-body, said wagon-body being provided With a deflecting plate or shield, A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

20. The combination, With a wagon, and a wheel located at one side of the wagon-body IOO IlO

v and provided about its periphery with a series of receptacles or buckets, of a plow 1ocated at one side of the wheel, and a frame for connecting the plow with the wagon, said frame being pivoted at its rear end to the wagon-frame and extended downwardly and forwardly with its forward end in position for the attachment of the plow-beam, and means for adjnstably sustaining the forward end of the frame from the wagon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2l. rIhe combination, with a wagon, and a wheel having a series of receptacles or buckets about its periphery, of a downwardly and forwardly inclined frame, F, pivotally connected at its rear end with the wagon-body, means for adjustably sustaining the front end of the said frame, and a plow having its beam attached to the lower forward end of the said frame F, said plow being adjustably attached at its rear portion to the said frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

22. The combination, with a wagon, and a wheel provided with buckets, as C, of adownwardly and forwardly inclined frame, F, pivotally connected at its rear end with the wagon and adj ustably supported at its front end from thelatter, a plow, E, havinga beam, E', connected with the frame F and provided with arms E2, a hand-lever, F2, pivoted upon the frame F and connected with the said arms FF, and a notched segment and detent or equivalent device for holding the hand-lever in a desired position whereby the rear end of the plow maybe adjusted vertically with reference to the frame, substantially as described.

23. The combination, with a wagon-body, and a wheel provided with buckets, as C, of a downwardly and forwardly inclined frame, F, pivotally connected at its rear end with the wagon and adj ustablysupported from its front end from thelatter, a plow, E, havinga beam, E', connected with the forward end of the frame F and provided with arms E2, a handlever, F2, pivoted upon the said frame, and a rock-shaft, F3, mounted upon the frame and provided with arms connected with the said arms E2 and with the lever F, and a notched segment and detent or equivalent device for holding the said hand-lever in a desired position, substantially as described.

24. The combination, with the pivoted frame F and plow E, of the hand-lever H, provided with the arm H2, a chain, II, connecting the said arm H2 with the free end of thefranie, and a notched segment and detent or equivalent device for holding the said hand-lever in a desired position, substantially as and for the' purpose set forth.

25. rIhe combination, with a wagon-body, and a loading device delivering material at one side of the said body, ofa board or leaf hinged to the side of the body beneath the point at which the material is delivered thereto, and means operated by one of the wheels of the wagon'for giving an oscillatory movement to the said board or leaf, whereby material falling upon the said board or leaf willbe distributed in the wagon-body., substantially as described.

26. The combination, with the wagon-body, and a loading device delivering material at one side of the said body, of a board or leaf hinged to the side of the body beneath the point at which the material is discharged therein, a drum or pulley located upon the side of the wagon-body adjacent to one of the wheels thereof and provided with a radiallyextending arm or projection, a rope or cord attached to the drum and connected with the said board or leaf, and a projection or stop upon the wheel constructed to engage the arm or projection upon the drum, whereby the latter will be rotated and the said board or leaf given an oscillatory movement in the forward movement of the wagon, substantially as described.

27. The combination, with a wagon-body, and aboard or leaf, M, of a drum, M2, mounted upon the side of the wagon-body adjacent to one of the wheels thereof and provided with a radially-extending arm or projection, a rope or cord, M', attached to the drum and to the said leaf or board, suitable guide-pulleys for the rope or cord, and a stop upon the wheel located in position to engage said arm or projection, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

28. A dumping device for a wagon, consisting of two parts or boards,N N,hinged at their edges to the sides ofthe wagon-body, a longitudinally-arranged bar made of considerably greater width than thickness, and pivoted over the center of the wagon-body so as to rotate about an axis lying at or near one of its edges, and chains connecting the free ends of the boards composing the Vbottom of the wagon-body with the edge of said bar remote from its pivotal axis, said bar being so arranged that when its said edge is turned `downwardly the said bottom will be opened and when the said edge is turned upwardlyv said bottom will be closed, whereby, when the bottom is closed, the strain caused by the weight of the material thereon will come edgewise upon the beam, substantially as described.

29. The combination, with the wagon-body, and boards N N, of the bar I), chains connecting points upon the said bar remote from its axis with the said boards, said beam being provided at one end with an arm, I, a lever,` Q, pivoted upon the wagon-body and4 constructed to engage the free end of said arm, and means for temporarily holding the free end of said lever, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER M. VVOOLFOLK.

"Witnesses:

C. CLARENCE PooLn, OLIVER E. PAGIN.

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